Saturday, July 31, 2010

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT ELEPHANTS
1.An elephant has an estimated 40,000 muscles in its trunk.
2.Elephants sleep standing up.
3.September 22 is elephant appreciation day.
4.An elephant's tongue weighs 12 kg.
5.An elephant's ears weigh's approximately 20 kg.
6.An elephant never forgets.This old adage is based on the fact that elephants can remember the exact place where they were born and often return to their birth place when they are about to die.
7.An elephant's trunk is so strong it can uproot a tree and so sensitive as to able to turn the page of a book.
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